Tag: community
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About Cortland Ohio VFD
OCTOBER is FIRE PREVENTION MONTH Cortland Volunteer Fire Department (1960’s) Chief? How are you today, Chief? (As I recall, I wasn’t even in my teens and ‘chief’ of nothing.) The question came from the always-smiling face of Herm McLaughlin who actually had been the Chief of the Cortland Volunteer Fire Department. He lived next to…
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That’s Not Fair! Possessions and Community
The Saga of Ananias and Saphira From a background of my own evangelical christian American thinking I had always squirmed with a certain sense of unfairness that Ananias and Saphira died instantly at Peter’s feet when the Apostle confronted them about a sale of THEIR OWN possessions. Wasn’t the profit from THEIR MONEY from a…
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Growing into Christ
The Christian community is built with fellowship, the Christian heart with prayer. Let’s consider the community of believers we call ‘church’ for a moment. Paul addresses some of the ‘issues’ of worship style in his letter to the Corinthians [ch.14] and his first direction of guidance instructs: “Pursue love… agapē.” 1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, do not be children…
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